Bharti Telesoft Selects Continuous Computing to Accelerate Deployment of Value Added Services Platforms

Business Wire, Oct 13, 2004

SAN DIEGO -- Trillium(R) SS7 and High Availability Building Blocks from Continuous Computing(R) Enable Bharti Telesoft to Rapidly Deliver Reliable, Scalable Solutions Worldwide

Continuous Computing(R) Corporation, a leading provider of essential building blocks that enable the world's premier telecom manufacturers to deploy converged voice, video and data, today announced a partnership with Bharti Telesoft, a supplier of core Value Added Services (VAS) platforms to wireline and wireless carriers. Bharti Telesoft has selected the company's Trillium(R) SS7 software components to deliver stable, resilient and highly available VAS platforms to carriers in India and other emerging markets globally.

As a result of this partnership, Bharti Telesoft will integrate Continuous Computing's Trillium SS7 software into its market-leading VAS solutions. Trillium SS7 software, designed with Distributed Fault Tolerance and High Availability (DFT/HA) Architecture, enables Bharti Telesoft's high-performing VAS network solutions to meet scalability and mission critical availability requirements (99.999% uptime).

"The Trillium SS7 solution with DFT/HA extensions enables us to meet the rigorous reliability and performance demands of our worldwide customer deployments," stated Sanjiv Mital, CEO Bharti Telesoft. "Our partnership with Continuous Computing empowers us to deliver cost-effective VAS platforms in regions such as India, where teledensity is currently modest, yet expected to grow substantially during the next few years. This unique business opportunity offered by growing markets requires that we quickly deploy affordable solutions while differentiating on service features and product quality. Continuous Computing's extensive product mix, local support team and comprehensive integration services ensured the success of our project and helped cement our strong relationship with them."

As the first step, Bharti Telesoft has integrated Trillium SS7 into its market-leading Missed Call Alert application. A flexible and modular solution based on open protocols, Missed Call Alert is a user-centric, dependable mechanism designed to capture every call attempt and auto-transmit missed call notifications over SMS (short message service) when the subscriber becomes available. Trillium's DFT/HA redundancy and switchover capabilities help protect Missed Call Alert against service loss during a fault. Furthermore, the real-time distribution capabilities offered by the DFT/HA implementation provide Bharti Telesoft's customers the flexibility to scale their platform deployments in line with subscriber growth.

"As a leading telecommunications vendor in the Indian market, Bharti Telesoft's decision to rely on Continuous Computing's products, training, customer care and integration services is further validation of our position as the best total solution provider for telecom manufacturers," said Prasad Kallur, VP of Marketing for Continuous Computing. "Bharti Telesoft's requirement for mature and stable products, innovative and customized solutions, and in-country training and support to meet aggressive time-to-market field deployment was the perfect match for Continuous Computing's broad set of customer-centric capabilities."

About Continuous Computing

Continuous Computing provides essential building blocks that enable the world's premier telecom manufacturers to deploy converged voice, video and data. The company supplies integrated hardware and software to more than 250 telecom equipment manufacturers worldwide, including nearly every major vendor in the Voice over IP and 3G Wireless markets. Customers rely on Continuous Computing to accelerate time-to-market, reduce total life cycle costs, and increase return on investment. Founded in 1998, Continuous Computing is an ISO-9001 certified company based in San Diego, Calif., with offices worldwide. The company is a member of the Intel(R) Communications Alliance. Additional information is available at www.ccpu.com.

About Bharti Telesoft

Bharti Telesoft, a member of Bharti Enterprises, India's leading telecom conglomerate, enables wireless and wireline carriers to unlock the revenue potential of their networks by delivering best-in-class, revenue-critical VAS products and services. Bharti Telesoft's flexible, telco-grade, revenue-generating applications span core areas of operators' business: Messaging, Call Management, Roaming, Prepaid, Billing and Customer Care. Bharti Telesoft has proven real-world experience in launching the live VAS network with deployments spanning 19 countries, 102 networks and 50 million global subscribers. Additional information is available at www.bhartitelesoft.com.

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